Introduction to the Study of Commerce (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...They are the cheapest means of transportation, especially for heavy goods. Iron ore is carried from Ashland to Buffalo for about sixty cents a ton. Coal is carried from Buffalo to Duluth, a distance of one thousand miles, for about fifty cents a ton--a rate of one-half mill per ton per mile. Transportation by rail is several times as expensive as this, the average charge per ton per mile in the United States being about six mills. The most prominent railways in the country are those which connect Chicago with the Atlantic seaboard and are known as the Trunk Lines. These terminate at the great Atlantic seaports, --Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. Next in importance come what are called the Granger Railroads; these connect with the Trunk Lines at Chicago or with boats on the Lakes, and thence ramify through the farming region of the North Central states. The longest direct lines of railroad in the United States are the Transcontinental Lines, which, run from the Mississippi or Missouri rivers to the Pacific coast. The railways in the Southern States have been laid down so as to connect the interior with the seaports or the waterways leading to them, --the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and the Ohio River. Optional Work 2. On a small map of the United States mark the main lines of--(a) The Erie Canal. (6) The Welland Canal. (c) The New York Central Eailroad. (d) The Michigan Central Eailroad. (e) The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (/) One of the Transcontinental Lines, (gr) One of the Granger Railroads. (h) One of the Southern Railroads. 26. Commercial Centers 1. Why is so much commerce carried on at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, San Francisco, Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis, Chicago, and...